Betsy Hodges Quotes
I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - and many times since.
Quotes to Explore
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I'm very open-minded.
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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At nine, my mom used to tell me she saw an Olympic medalist in me. I used to take it as a joke, but she was very serious.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.
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Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.
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I hope that my niece in 20 years is going to say to me, 'Aunt Stevie, what was with your hair?'
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.
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I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - and many times since.
